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Week of February 16, 1959

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The week’s most popular songs, ranked by audio and video streaming activity on leading digital music services, radio airplay audience impressions based on monitored airplay and sales data, all compiled by Luminate. Audience totals are derived, in part, using certain Nielsen Audio listener estimates.

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Stagger Lee

Lloyd Price

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10

Songwriter(s):

H.Logan, L.Price

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC-Paramount

Lloyd Price, ‘Personality’ and 'Stagger Lee' Singer, Dies at 88

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

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  • 1

    • Stagger Lee

      Lloyd Price
    • 1
    • 1
    • 10
      • 1
      • 1
      • 10
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Songwriter(s):

H.Logan, L.Price

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC-Paramount

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  • 2

    • Lonely Teardrops

      Jackie Wilson
    • 2
    • 1
    • 14
      • 2
      • 1
      • 14
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Songwriter(s):

B.Gordy Jr., T.Carlo

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Brunswick

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  • 3

    • I Cried A Tear

      LaVern Baker
    • 5
    • 3
    • 9
      • 5
      • 3
      • 9
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Songwriter(s):

A.Julia

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

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  • 4

    • 16 Candles

      The Crests
    • 4
    • 4
    • 6
      • 4
      • 4
      • 6
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Songwriter(s):

L.Dixon, A.Khent

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Coed

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  • 5

    • Try Me

      James Brown And The Famous Flames
    • 3
    • 1
    • 15
      • 3
      • 1
      • 15
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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Federal

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  • 6

    • Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

      The Platters
    • 6
    • 3
    • 10
      • 6
      • 3
      • 10
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Songwriter(s):

O.Harbach, J.Kern

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

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  • 7

    • (Night Time Is) The Right Time

      Ray Charles with the Raylettes
    • 8
    • 7
    • 7
      • 8
      • 7
      • 7
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Songwriter(s):

L.Herman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

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  • 8

    • Nobody But You

      Dee Clark
    • 7
    • 3
    • 14
      • 7
      • 3
      • 14
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Songwriter(s):

D.Clark

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Abner

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  • 9

    • It's Just A Matter Of Time

      Brook Benton
    • 11
    • 9
    • 2
      • 11
      • 9
      • 2
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Songwriter(s):

B.Benton, B.Hendricks, C.Otis

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

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  • 10

    • A Lover's Question

      Clyde McPhatter
    • 9
    • 1
    • 18
      • 9
      • 1
      • 18
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Songwriter(s):

B.Benton, J.Williams

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

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  • 11

    • Pretty Girls Everywhere

      Eugene Church and The Fellows
    • 10
    • 10
    • 9
      • 10
      • 10
      • 9
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Songwriter(s):

E.Chruch, T.Williams

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Class

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  • 12

    • Donna

      Ritchie Valens
    • 12
    • 12
    • 3
      • 12
      • 12
      • 3
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Songwriter(s):

Ritchie Valens

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Del-Fi

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  • 13

    • My Happiness

      Connie Francis
    • 13
    • 11
    • 6
      • 13
      • 11
      • 6
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Songwriter(s):

B.Bergantine, B.Peterson

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MGM

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    • No Regrets

      Jimmy Barnes
    • -
    • 14
    • 1
      • -
      • 14
      • 1
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Songwriter(s):

O.Blackwell

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gibraltar

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  • 15

    • Gotta Travel On

      Billy Grammer
    • 14
    • 14
    • 9
      • 14
      • 14
      • 9
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Songwriter(s):

P.Clayton, L.Ehrlich, R.Gilbert, L.Hays, F.Hellerman, D.Lazer, P.Seeger

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Monument

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  • 16

    • The All American Boy

      Bill Parsons
    • 18
    • 16
    • 2
      • 18
      • 16
      • 2
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Songwriter(s):

O.Lunsford, B.Parsons

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Fraternity

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  • 17

    • Please Accept My Love

      B.B. King
    • 24
    • 9
    • 13
      • 24
      • 9
      • 13
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  • 18

    • Whole Lotta Loving

      Fats Domino
    • 16
    • 2
    • 13
      • 16
      • 2
      • 13
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Songwriter(s):

D.Bartholomew, F.Domino

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Imperial

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  • 19 RE- ENTRY
  • RE- ENTRY

    • I Told You Baby

      Jimmy Reed
    • -
    • 19
    • 4
      • -
      • 19
      • 4
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  • 20 NEW
  • NEW

    • Charlie Brown

      The Coasters
    • -
    • 20
    • 1
      • -
      • 20
      • 1
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Songwriter(s):

J.Leiber, M.Stoller

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atco

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  • 21 RE- ENTRY
  • RE- ENTRY

    • Everything Will Be Alright

      Gene Allison
    • -
    • 19
    • 5
      • -
      • 19
      • 5
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  • 22 RE- ENTRY
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    • I'm Gonna Get My Baby

      Jimmy Reed
    • -
    • 5
    • 12
      • -
      • 5
      • 12
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  • 23

    • Hurtin' Inside

      Brook Benton
    • 27
    • 23
    • 2
      • 27
      • 23
      • 2
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Songwriter(s):

C.Colacrai, T.Randazzo, C.Otis, B.Benton

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

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  • 24

    • Love You Most Of All

      Sam Cooke
    • 15
    • 12
    • 12
      • 15
      • 12
      • 12
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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Keen

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  • 25 NEW
  • NEW

    • The Diary

      Neil Sedaka
    • -
    • 25
    • 1
      • -
      • 25
      • 1
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Songwriter(s):

N.Sedaka, H.Greenfield

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

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  • 26

    • Here I Stand

      Wade Flemons and the Newcomers
    • 29
    • 19
    • 11
      • 29
      • 19
      • 11
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Songwriter(s):

W.Flemons

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Vee-Jay

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  • 27 RE- ENTRY
  • RE- ENTRY

    • Queen Of The Hop

      Bobby Darin
    • -
    • 6
    • 12
      • -
      • 6
      • 12
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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atco

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  • 28 RE- ENTRY
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    • Lonesome Town

      Ricky Nelson
    • -
    • 15
    • 5
      • -
      • 15
      • 5
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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Imperial

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  • 29

    • Sweet Home Chicago

      Little Junior Parker
    • 19
    • 13
    • 10
      • 19
      • 13
      • 10
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  • 30

    • Wiggle, Wiggle

      The Accents
    • 26
    • 16
    • 4
      • 26
      • 16
      • 4
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Songwriter(s):

R.Draper

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Brunswick

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